September 23, 2006
Well, Gary tried using the long transfer board in and out of the shower and then to the bed afterwards (so I could dress his flap and get his hose on him, etc.). Guess what? He said, “That was easier.” By being able to keep his hands on the longer board and push, the board didn’t stick to his “damp ass,” as he put it. The man should have listened to me weeks ago ;-). But this is not to say the transfers were easy. There is still no way I would not be standing right in front of him during these transfers – I had to hang onto his hips at one point because he still nearly slid out of his chair on the way back to it from the shower bench, due to the angle of transfer being different than the bed transfers.
When we got him transferred back into the bed afterwards, he said he was so tired out from taking the shower that he would like me to put his pants on for him. As I did so, he noted that one of the Shepherd therapists had said he could practice getting his pants on while sitting in chair while watching TV. He gave me a look. “So far, we haven’t had any time to watch TV.” He then commented, “I suppose we’ll get there. Eventually.”
He then told me he likes his “new” office – Phil Zenor’s old office on the second floor (the elevator not a necessity to get to it, in case it ever is “out”). He said Wlodek Kuperberg watched him closing his office door and had a suggestion (Gary has been closing his door in increments, reaching for and pulling on the door, backing his chair up a little, reaching and pulling on the door, etc.). Wlodek suggested Gary tie a rope around the handle and pull on that – one of those, “Now why didn’t we think of that?” suggestions :-). Gary thought that idea might come in handy other ways. He said, for example, he could learn how to lasso and when he wanted me he could lasso me. I told him he was going to have to get damn good at lassoing. ;-).
Janet and Jack Rogers came to load up and take to the Thrift store the stuff no graduates came to get -- the foam pads,a mattress set, an old couch. Thanks so much! T.Y. Tam came and put on a stove hood that Gary had meant to do around the time of the accident. Looks good! And matches the stove, unlike the old one ;-).
I managed (barely) to accomplish my goal to finish revising a chapter of my story by the end of this week. 50 pages down, 750 to go :-p (that is the symbol for having your tongue hang out, in case you don't know).
Well, Gary tried using the long transfer board in and out of the shower and then to the bed afterwards (so I could dress his flap and get his hose on him, etc.). Guess what? He said, “That was easier.” By being able to keep his hands on the longer board and push, the board didn’t stick to his “damp ass,” as he put it. The man should have listened to me weeks ago ;-). But this is not to say the transfers were easy. There is still no way I would not be standing right in front of him during these transfers – I had to hang onto his hips at one point because he still nearly slid out of his chair on the way back to it from the shower bench, due to the angle of transfer being different than the bed transfers.
When we got him transferred back into the bed afterwards, he said he was so tired out from taking the shower that he would like me to put his pants on for him. As I did so, he noted that one of the Shepherd therapists had said he could practice getting his pants on while sitting in chair while watching TV. He gave me a look. “So far, we haven’t had any time to watch TV.” He then commented, “I suppose we’ll get there. Eventually.”
He then told me he likes his “new” office – Phil Zenor’s old office on the second floor (the elevator not a necessity to get to it, in case it ever is “out”). He said Wlodek Kuperberg watched him closing his office door and had a suggestion (Gary has been closing his door in increments, reaching for and pulling on the door, backing his chair up a little, reaching and pulling on the door, etc.). Wlodek suggested Gary tie a rope around the handle and pull on that – one of those, “Now why didn’t we think of that?” suggestions :-). Gary thought that idea might come in handy other ways. He said, for example, he could learn how to lasso and when he wanted me he could lasso me. I told him he was going to have to get damn good at lassoing. ;-).
Janet and Jack Rogers came to load up and take to the Thrift store the stuff no graduates came to get -- the foam pads,a mattress set, an old couch. Thanks so much! T.Y. Tam came and put on a stove hood that Gary had meant to do around the time of the accident. Looks good! And matches the stove, unlike the old one ;-).
I managed (barely) to accomplish my goal to finish revising a chapter of my story by the end of this week. 50 pages down, 750 to go :-p (that is the symbol for having your tongue hang out, in case you don't know).
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